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Bay State Repeal

PETITION BS: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO BAY STATE REPEAL?

Written by PATRICK KEANEY Posted January 14, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth

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Back in October 2015, still a month away from the deadline for submitting Bay State Repeal’s signed petitions to the cities and towns of Massachusetts for certification, Steve Epstein was optimistic. BSR’s “Petition B,” which ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Activism, Bay State Repeal, cannabis reform, CRMLA, initiative, Marijuana, MassCann, NORML, petition, State House, Steve Epstein, voters, weed

ONE BUD: A PLEA TO UNITE LEGALIZATION FACTIONS

Written by SHALEEN TITLE Posted December 8, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth

The next chance we have to pass a legalization law realistically would be 2020 if CRMLA lost, and the next law would most likely be far more restrictive.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: 2016, ballot initiative, Bay State Repeal, Commonwealth, CRMLA, High Times, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, MassCann, regulate marijuana like alcohol, Tokin' Truth

GET GIDDY COMMITTEE: MASS SENATE MOVES ON LEGAL WEED TURF

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 2, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth

What’s most important here is that pols want to keep an edge on the two activist camps rallying for legalization next year on starkly different terms—even though Rosenberg now says legislators won’t tackle the cannabis question head-on.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Bay State Repeal, Beacon Hill, Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, cannabis, Hariette Chandler, Jason Lewis, John Keenan, Keenan, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Question 3, Richard Ross, Stan Rosenberg

THE MONEY VS THE PEOPLE: UPDATE ON THE COMMONWEALTH’S DUELING MARIJUANA INITIATIVES

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted November 12, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth

Overall, though, the real shame is that so many people who consider or call themselves marijuana “activists” are not out collecting signatures, or even campaigning online.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: ballot initiatives, Bay State Repeal, BSR, Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, CRMLA, dueling ballot initiatives, Massachusetts, MassCann, medical marijuana, Mike Crawford, The Tokin' Truth

MARIJUNDERDOGS: MASSCANN/NORML ENDORSES BAY STATE REPEAL LEGALIZATION INITIATIVE

Written by MIKE CANN Posted August 24, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS

Make no mistake about the battle of the dueling marijuana legalization ballot initiatives in Massachusetts.

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS Tagged With: Bay State Repeal, BSR, Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, CRMLA, dispensary, legal, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, MassCann/NORML, medical marijuana

SPLITTING PURPLE HAIRS: DUELING MASS LEGALIZATION CAMPAIGNS FINALIZE BALLOT LANGUAGE

Written by MIKE CANN Posted July 21, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

"We believe the people of Massachusetts deserve some role in creating legislation that is meant to serve them,."

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bay State, Bay State Repeal, Bill Downing, cannabis, Cannabis Society of Massachusetts, Dispensaries, Jeremiah MacKinnon, legalization, Marijuana Policy Project, Massachusetts, MassCann, Matt Simon, Michael Latulippe, MPP, NORML, ReformMA.com

BROWNIE POINTS: POLS FIND EDIBLES HARD TO SWALLOW

Written by ANDY GAUS Posted June 24, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS

BROWNIE POINTS: POLS FIND EDIBLES HARD TO SWALLOW

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS Tagged With: Andy Gaus, Bay State Repeal, brownies, cannabis, chocolates, legalization, Mass, thc

THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN, AND THEY WANT TO TAX AND REGULATE WEED

Written by MIKE CANN Posted November 13, 2014 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

While these PPQs are non-binding, they set the stage for an expected 2016 statewide ballot initiative that the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), a national group based out of Washington, DC, will be funding with the aim of regulating marijuana the same way we do alcohol.

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bay State Repeal, Cape and Islands, DA O'Keefe, Dispensaries, DPFMA, Drug Policy Forum, Evan Falchuk, Mass elections, Massachusetts Marijuana, Mike Cann, pot, PPQs, United Independent Party, weed

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